In March 2007, Mayor Giuliani Told Reporters That He Has No Agenda
To Change Current Law, Which Restricts Federal Funding For Abortion.
REPORTER: “Mr. Mayor, there is a video clip around the internet today out
today from your ’89 Mayor’s race where you came out in favor you support
taxpayer funded abortions for poor women. Is that still your position today
and what do you make of this early attempt to discredit you with conservative
voters?” GIULIANI: “Well, everybody has a right to do that. I think that
basically my position on abortion is that I oppose it, I think it’s
wrong, everything should be done to discourage it, and I would discourage
it personally. Ultimately however I think the law has to permit people
to make that choice, we can’t make that choice for them, and as far
as the state of the law as it presently exists, I don’t have any real agenda
to change that. I think that has to be decided on a state by
state basis even so far as issues beyond that. ”(Mayor
Rudy Giuliani, Press Availability, Chicago, IL, 3/12/07)

Mayor Giuliani Supports Reasonable Restrictions To Abortion.
“[T]he Supreme Court is gonna decide issues like parental notification,
which I think is appropriate if you have judicial bypass, and they’re going
to decide about late-term abortion … and as long as there’s an exception
for the life of the mother, I think that banning of partial-birth abortion
is the appropriate thing. So, you know, I’ve explained this many, many
times and I think people have to kind of evaluate what my position is and
I do ultimately, however, support a woman’s right to choose, and if there
are some people who just feel they can’t vote for me because of that, well
they have to make that decision for themselves, and then if they think
other things are more important, or they understand that my position is
a balanced one, well then maybe they will be.” (Mayor
Rudy Giuliani, Press Availability, Chicago, IL, 3/12/07)

Mayor Giuliani Believes Funding Should Be Decided On State-By-State
Basis. GIULIANI: “The Hyde Amendment is the law. I said that I’d be
a strict constructionist for judges, I’d be a strict constructionist for
myself. And the Hyde Amendment I would not seek to change, which basically
says federal funding shouldn’t be used for abortions except in some very
limited circumstances and you should decide it on a state-by-state basis.
I’ve, I’ve explained that this morning, yesterday and throughout and that’s
… That I think means that the area of difference isn’t as great. But there
is an area of difference and if your conscience tells you that this is
so important to you that you can’t support me, I respect that.”
(“The Mike Gallagher Show,” 4/5/07)

Mayor Giuliani Described Hyde Amendment As “Part Of Constitutional
Balance.” GIULIANI: “[O]n public funding or funding of abortion said
I would want to see it decided on a state by state basis. And what that
means is I would leave the Hyde Amendment in place. It’s been the law now,
17, 18 years, it’s part of the constitutional balance that I talked about
yesterday and the Hyde Amendment leaves the funding issue largely to
the states. They have to decide how they’re going to do it. And same thing
on the issue that you’re giving me now, which is I believe that the state
should decide. And that’s largely my approach not only in the area of abortion
but in the area of guns and other things. I think these things are best
decided on a state by state basis and would have as limited a federal role
as the law requires.” (Rudy
Giuliani, Press Availability, Columbia, SC, 4/5/07)

During Mayor Giuliani’s Tenure In New York, Adoptions Increased 66%
While Abortions Decreased 16%. (City
Of New York Office Of Operations, Reengineering Municipal Services 1994-2001,
p. 98; New York State Office Of Vital Statistics, 1993 Annual Report,;
New York State Office Of Vital Statistics, 2001 Annual Report, www.health.state.ny.us)